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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

DANIEL B. HISER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ALONZO A. BAKER l ANDDAVID R. HOSTERMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,604, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed October 31, 1834.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, DANIEL B. HIsEE, of the city of Springeld, county ofClark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gaskets and Coflins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to caskets, and is specially intended as animprovement upon that class known as air-tight burial-caskets, orcaskets constructed of metal, the object of the invention being toprovide a casket with a removable face plate or frame which holds theglass, the said frame being adapted to be secured to the cover of thecasket by means of bolts or screws, and being provided with a flexible,strip or gasket extending entirely around it on its under side andadapted to bear upon the upper side of the cover to prevent air enteringthe casket.

Heretofore with air-tight caskets of ordinary construction when it wasdesired to change the position of the head or foot of the subject lyingin the casket it was necessary to remove the entire cover, whichextended from one to the other end of the casket, which was a matter ofgreat inconvenience, especially with metallic caskets, as the cover wasvery heavy to handle. By the construction hereinafter more fullydescribed of my invention I am enabled to accomplish the same end as ifthe entire cover was lifted and obviate the inconvenience incidental tocaskets of ordinary construction, it simply being necessary to removethe screws connecting the face-plate frame to the cover of the casketand lift the said frame. v

My invention consists in the combination, with the cover of a metalliccasket, of a removable metallic face-glass frame, the said frame beingprovided with screw-holes and adapted to be screwed down upon the coverof the casket.

It also consists in certain details of construction hereinafterdescribed.

Figure l represents in perspective a casket as provided with my improvedglass-holding frame; Fig. 2, a'vertical cross-section of a portion ofthe casket on dotted line :v x, Fig. l; Fig. 3, an enlarged sectionaldetail of a portion of the glass-holding frame, showing more clearly itsconnection with the casket.

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Thebase A and cover B of the casket, of any suitable material, are andmay be of any ordinary construction and design. AThe cover B, which isscrewed to the base A atb, is provided with an'- elongated opening atits upper side in which rests a T- shaped frame, C, which frame willpreferably be constructed of metal and of a shape to correspond to theshape of the opening in the cover B, said frame being provided withglass holding pins or spikes, a, which are preferably cast intoY thedownwardly-projecting flange of the T-shaped frame. The glass D, as willbe noticed in the drawings, is set into the frame from the under sideand rests against the inwardly-projecting flange of the frame, aflexible strip being preferably interposed between the glass and ange,and a iilling of wood or other suitable material, c, being interposedbetween the glass and its holding-pin a, said pins being normallystraight and being bent to hold the glass after said glass is inposition. At the under side of the outwardly projecting iiange of theT-frame-i. c., the ange which overlaps the cover of the casket-is formeda groove, d, in which groove is cemented a flexible strip or gasketE,which gasket extends entirely around the frame, and when theglass-holding frame is in place bears against the upper side of thecover B and forms an air-tight joint between the saidcover and frame.

The frame C is attached to the casket by means,fpreferably of screws, e,which screws extend through theA outwardly projecting ange and the metalof the cover B.

Several ways might be employed to secure the glass in the frame C;therefore I do not desire to limit myself to the exact method hereinshown.

By this construction it will be readily seen IOO been provided withremovable face-glasses,but not so constructed as to render the casketairtight, and therefore not desirable.

I am also aware that a face-glass has been secured between two pieces ofcast-iron molding which were screwed together and secured to the lid o1the casket, and such construction I do not desire to broadly claim.

I am aware that a coffin has been provided with a face-glass frameconstructed of two pieces of cast-iron molding with a face-glass securedbetween them, the said moldings be- Y ing secured (by screws) togetherand then dropped into a rabbet in the lid,77 as described in patent toTuttle, dated September 19, 1876, No. 182,295, but such construction Ido not desire to claim.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the cover of a metallic casket, of aremovable cast metal face-glass frame constructed in one piece, having adepending ange and an internally and externally projecting rim, andhaving a faceglass secured therein between the inner faces of thedownwardly-projecting flange and the internally-proj ecting rim,incombination with the flexible gasket secured to the under side of theexternally -projecting rim, -all constructed substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. In a metallic casket, the combination of T-shaped metallic face-glassframe constructed in one piece, and having the groove d formed in theunder side of its outer Harige, as shown, the rubber strip E cemented insaid groove for the purpose described, the face-glass D set into theframe from theV under side, the lling c, and the holding-pins a to holdthe glass in place, all constructed and arranged substantially asshown,and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Springfield,Ohio, this 26th day of October, A. D. 1884.

DANIEL B. Hrs'nn. [Le] Witnesses:

I). J. GLEVENGER, N. E. C. WHITNEY.

